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. 2022 Mar 22;56(7):4142–4150. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07376

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics for Detection Frequencies (DF, %) and Concentrations (pg/m3 for Air Particles; μg/L for Runoff Water; and ng/g for Roadside Soils) of PPDs and PPD-Qs in Hong Kong.

  air particles (n = 16)
runoff water (n = 9)
roadside soils (n = 12)
compounds DF median range DF median range DF median range
IPPD 100 0.91 0.44–2.73 94 0.01 <IDL–0.21 96 1.13 0.66–24.5
DPPD 81 0.50 <IDL–0.70 56 0.01 0.01–0.02 100 11.8 3.63–84.4
CPPD 75 0.38 <IDL–0.74 100 0.01 <IDL–0.05 92 1.19 0.73–15.4
6PPD 100 1.78 0.82–6.30 100 0.32 0.21–2.71 100 309 31.4–831
DTPD 56 2.86 <IDL–2.88 56 0.01 <IDL–0.01 72 4.82 <IDL–6.78
total PPDs   6.07 1.75–9.41   0.24 0.04–3.00   381 36.3–847
IPPD-Q 94 0.82 <IDL–86.36 100 0.56 0.18–0.95 60 3.06 <IDL–564
DPPD-Q 100 1.91 0.93–95.7 100 0.19 0.11–0.35 100 60.2 2.87–747
CPPD-Q 69 0.17 <IDL–17.5 94 0.06 <IDL–0.31 72 3.12 <IDL–152
6PPD-Q 100 1.18 0.54–13.8 100 1.12 0.21–2.43 100 234 9.50–936
DTPD-Q 63 0.13 <IDL–7.96 50 0.02 0.01–0.82 92 7.94 1.94–107
total PPD-Qs   4.92 2.52–196   2.17 0.74–3.87   395 12.4–1976